Epilobvum. | ONAGRACEAE. 615 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Wairau Mountains, W. 7’. L. Travers, te ben Mount 
Captain, TT Kirk! Mount Percival, 7. P. O.; Lake Tennyson, h. M. Lee, 
Marlborough—Upper Awatere, Monro, Sinclair / Otago—Kurow Mountains, Buchanan : 
Petrie! Altitudinal range 3000-6000 ft. 
A remarkably distinct species, in its ordinary state quite unlike any other. Its 
nearest ally is EZ. brevipes, which is a much larger and more erect plant, with shorter 
elliptic leaves, smaller and more numerous flowers, and much shorter fruiting-peduncles. 
Ade 1 ae HS cere: Ameer Claw afi. T-QG'A2.- 
27. E. brevipes Hook f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 328.—Stout, smooth, 
glossy, reddish-purple. Stems many from a woody rhizome, 6—15 1n. high, 
prostrate or straggling, branched, ascending above, perfectly glabrous, 
densely leafy. Leaves all opposite, spreading, #1 in. long, elliptic-oblong 
or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or subacute, gradually narrowed into a rather 
long petiole, coriaceous and shining, usually reddish, remotely denticulate. 
Flowers rather numerous, in the axils of the upper leaves, sessile, ¢—} 1n. 
diam., white or rose. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, almost equalling the 
petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules 3-1} in. long, slender, glabrous, exceed- 
ing the leaves; peduncles very short, hardly elongating in fruit. Seeds 
minutely reticulate-—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 78; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 
(1884) 307, t. 21, £. 89; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 176; Barbey Gen. 
Epilob. (1885) t. 19; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 182; Ill. N.Z. Fl. 
1 (1914) t. 53. 
Sourn Istanp: Usually on rock-faces. Marlborough—From the Wairau and 
Awatere Valleys southwards, not uncommon, Monro / T. Kirk! Cockayne! B. C. Aston ; 
Taylor’s. Pass, Spencer / Mount Fyfe, Cockayne, H. J. Matthews. Nelson—st. Arnaud 
Mountains and the Wairau Gorge, Cockayne and Foweraker; Waiau Gorge, H., J. 
Matthews! Canterbury—Mount Torlesse, J. D. Enys, T. Kirk, T. F. C., Cockayne ; 
gorge of the Broken River, Cockayne. Aititudinal range 1000-4000 ft. December— 
February. 
A perfectly distinct species, easily distinguished by the hard and, woody base, the 
perfectly glabrous densely leafy stems, smooth and shining elliptic leaves, and the 
glabrous capsules, borne on very short peduncles. Its nearest ally is probably 
EE. crassum. 
28. E. vernicosum Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii (1896) 535.— 
Stems numerous from a woody rootstock, 4-8in. high, decumbent or 
prostrate at the base, erect or ascending above, terete, bifariously pubescent. 
Leaves usually crowded, opposite or the uppermost alternate, +? in. long, 
linear-oblong to oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse or subacute, shortly petiolate, 
coriaceous, very glossy, usually reddish, obscurely and remotely sinuate- 
denticulate. Flowers 3-5 towards the tips of the branches, almost sessile, 
very large, 4-2 in. diam., pale-rose. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, much 
shorter than the broad bilobed petals. Stigma shortly and obliquely 
clavate. Capsules (not quite mature) about 1 in. long, perfectly glabrous ; 
peduncles apparently short. Seeds smooth (?)-—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 176; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 182. 
SoutH Isnanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur Plateau and adjacent mountains, altitude 
3000-5000 ft., 7. F. C., F. G. Gibbs / Mount Owen, 7. F. C., W. Townson! Raglan 
Mountains and Wairau Gorge, 7. F. C. Otago—Arrowtown, Petrie / 
The shining leaves and large rose-coloured flowers, which are produced in great 
abundance, make this a very charming plant. The flowers are larger than those of 
any other New Zealand species except H. pallidiflorum. 
29. E. rubromarginatum Cockayne wm Trans. N.Z: Inst. xlvin (1916) 
195.—Stems 3-6in. long, few or many, simple or branched, hard and 
almost woody at the base, prostrate and rooting below, more or less ascend- 
